Friday, April 18, 2008

Post #500-Minnesota Workers Series (#3)

Blogger and I have not been on good terms the last few days, but I finally got to post again ... and I've made it to my milestone!! What better way to celebrate post #500 for this blog than with smiling faces of happy workers at Lund's Super Market!

If I were also to count my Mazatlán, México blog, it would be 685 posts. Although I may have missed a day or two here and there, I think that I've been pretty faithful and have enjoyed every minute of it. I don't know which I enjoy more--taking photos, reading your comments, or visiting your blogs. Thanks, everyone, for your visits and encouragement!!

I sometimes shop at a store called Brookshires here in Jackson. I love it when they have the "storm" in the produce section. They play some thunder sounds, the lights flash and then the misting starts. It always gives me a laugh.

Hey Kate! I see your comments over at PDP and at Lynn's Cheltenham site, and now that I know you're in St. Paul, I'll be checking out your archives and reliving old times! I lived in Minneapolis from 90-97 and as soon as I saw that bib in this photo I immediately thought Lund's!! I lived right near Lund's in Uptown, and I really miss that store. I'll be in St. Paul next month to visit friends, so I can't wait to look at your photos and see what's new and worth checking out when I'm in town.

So glad you are back up and running and what a milestone! Lovely post with a lot of happy guys with their big smiles. In the first photograph, the young man looks as if his cheeks will burst, he's got such a big smile.

Many congratulations on your 500th post. You always show us something different, original, always with a humanitarian stance, showing what a kind and good person you are. It's always a pleasure to visit Visual St. Paul and Mazatlan.

As we say here, Kate, "that's a gas golden groover".And, quite an achievement. 500 is many thousands of hours of hard and dedicated sweat and toil.We are surely in your debt for all the entertainment and education you have given us. Remember the new house plan at Mazatlan, - and you wondering how things would fit.I agonized over that too, and still look at that plan.

These three last posts are very interesting for me, Kate. Why ? Because it is ever well to discover how it is in else country. And ?It is EXACTLY the same than here in France !Workers are smiling even if they are tired.Workers make their best to repair a road as fastly as possible so nobody will be annoyed a too long time. And the principal: fruit and vegetable are exactly the same and ranged on the same manner !;o)

Cergie is right, our supermarket fruit and veggie displays are very similar here, and similar to what they were in Australia. It's becoming a global world and you need to travel to less advantaged countries to find the traditional food stalls and markets...

Congrats on 500 posts. I made it to my 1 yr anniversary till it was about 6 days gone. Anyway, I like your series. How do the people feel when you are taking their photo? Do you ask them first? Just curious, as I always feel uncomfortable when taking someone's photo if they are looking at me.

Kate congratulations on 500 posts. Its a great milestone of life in the Twin Cities. You were one of the first people I got to know when I started my blog. Thanks for all your gracious comments.My computer went crazy on me this morning and now its finally behaving itelf. So now I have a million blogs to visit.Oh yes I do love this post of such happy faces.

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